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4.4.3 Overall risk characterization and management 
The rapid increase in digitalisation has provided an incentive for the 
development of several software tools for noise risk assessments. 
These include noise mapping and the assessment of biological 
impacts such as masking, behaviour response and other effects (e.g. 
DHI’s marine animal movement portal°?). Population consequence 
models based on PCoD/PCAD, such as the interim PCoD° (iPCoD) 
and DEPONS®°? models which incorporate animal movement, are 
being developed and used in risk assessments in some European 
countries, and can provide an indication of the level of impact of 
different activity scenarios and improve understanding of the 
effects of noise disturbance. 
In addition, the use of artificial intelligence to separate, identify and 
ıocalize underwater sound sources shows some promise (Chen et 
al., 2019; Gervaise et al., 2021). 
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